Print Vertical Ellipsis

[Skysnake]

The problem is simple

I want to create a button with ⋮ three dot text.

I cannot get this to work.

 

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#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    AutoIt Version: 3.3.14.5
    Author:         Skysnake

    Script Function:
    Make a dot menu  ⋮
    https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=22EE
    https://codepoints.net/U+22EE?lang=en
    https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+22EE
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
        See Computer representations

    http://www.alanwood.net/demos/ansi.html

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Script Start - Add your code below here
ConsoleWrite("Attempt to display  3 vertical dot menu text ⋮ " & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(" ⋮  " & "  ⋮ " & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0xE2 " & ChrW(0xEF) & @CRLF) ; UTF8
ConsoleWrite("0x8B " & ChrW(0x8B) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0xAE " & ChrW(0xAE) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0xAE " & ChrW("0xAE") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(" 5 " & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0xEF " & ChrW(0xEF) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0xB8 " & ChrW(0xB8) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0x99 " & ChrW(0x99) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(" 8 " & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("U+22EE " & ChrW(0x22EE) & @CRLF)
;ConsoleWrite("“⋮” "&"⋮")&@CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("22EE " & ChrW("22EE") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0x22EE " & ChrW("0x22EE") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(" 11 " & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("e28bae " & ChrW("e28bae") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("8942 " & ChrW("8942") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("0xE28BAE " & ChrW("0xE28BAE") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("65535 " & ChrW("65535") & @CRLF) ; --> last expected A unicode code in the range 0-65535 (e.g., 65 returns the capital letter A).
ConsoleWrite(" 15 " & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("205D " & ChrW("205D") & @CRLF) ; tricolon
ConsoleWrite("2D57 " & ChrW("2D57") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("22EE " & ChrW("22EE") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("FE19 " & ChrW("FE19") & @CRLF) ; presentation form for vertical horizontal ellipsis
ConsoleWrite(" 19 " & @CRLF)
;ConsoleWrite("Asc( ⋮ ) " & Asc(⋮) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Asc(⋮) " & Asc("⋮") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("AscW(⋮) " & AscW("⋮") & @CRLF) ; recognizes the symbol
ConsoleWrite("8942 " & ChrW(8942) & @CRLF) ; but prints a ?

Output

; Output
Attempt to display  3 vertical dot menu text ? 
 ?    ? 
0xE2 ï
0x8B ?
0xAE ®
0xAE ®
 5 
0xEF ï
0xB8 ¸
0x99 ?
 8 
U+22EE ?
22EE 
0x22EE ?
 11 
e28bae 8942 ?
0xE28BAE 
65535 ?
 15 
205D Í
2D57 
22EE 
FE19  19 
Asc(?) 63
AscW(?) 8942
8942 ?

 

Edited April 21, 2021 by Skysnake

[Nine]

ConsoleWrite is not the best tool to show unicode characters, try with MsgBox or a GUI label.

[jchd]

Set SciTE console to UTF8 then:

U_ConsoleWrite(ChrW("0x22EE") & @LF)
; same as
U_ConsoleWrite("⋮" & @LF)

; Unicode-aware ConsoleWrite
Func U_ConsoleWrite($s)
    ConsoleWrite(BinaryToString(StringToBinary($s & @LF, 4), 1))
EndFunc   ;==>U_ConsoleWrite

 

[Skysnake]

Thanks @jchd, as a matter of policy I have always used AutoIt with default settings. Where do I get the SciTE console settings?

[jchd]

Menu > Options > Open User Options File and add/change settings so that a good Unicode fixed-sized font is used (<== 1) and UTF8 encoding is used (<== 2). I also set UTF8 (65001) as .au3 files encoding (<== 3). These are protected user options which survive SciTE4AutoIt3 updates and reinstalls unless you delete/overwrite SciTEUser.properties.

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import au3.keywords.user.abbreviations
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style.au3.15=fore:#0080FF,back:#F0F4F9
openpath.$(au3)=$(SciteDefaultHome)\..\include;
error.inline=1
code.page=65001                                     <========== 2
output.code.page=65001                              <========== 2
user.shortcuts=\
Ctrl+KeypadPlus|IDM_EXPAND|\
Ctrl+KeypadMinus|IDM_BLOCK_COMMENT|
#NewFileEncoding=CodePage/UTF8/UTF8BOM/UTF16BE/UTF16LE
NewFileEncoding=UTF8                                <========== 3
utf8.auto.check=4                                   <========== 3
title.full.path=1

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by jchd